Issue 46, 2021

High shear spheroidal topological fluid flow induced coating of polystyrene beads with C60 spicules

Abstract

Spheroidal spicular like topological fluid flow in an angled vortex fluidic device (VFD) housing a 20 mm diameter tube with a hemispherical base rotating at 4k rpm and tilted at 45° is effective in reducing the thermodynamic equilibrium concentration of fullerene C60 in toluene, with the formation of spicules of the material under continuous flow processing. Under the same operational conditions in the presence of polystyrene beads 2 to 6 μm in diameter, spicules of C60ca. 150 nm in length grow on their surfaces. This establishes that the spheroidal topological fluid flow in the VFD prevails while enveloping spheroidal like particles of such size.

Graphical abstract: High shear spheroidal topological fluid flow induced coating of polystyrene beads with C60 spicules

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
29 Oct 2020
Accepted
16 Mar 2021
First published
12 May 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 5638-5641

High shear spheroidal topological fluid flow induced coating of polystyrene beads with C60 spicules

M. Jellicoe, K. Vimalanathan, J. R. Gascooke, X. Luo and C. L. Raston, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 5638 DOI: 10.1039/D0CC07165J

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